I had an internship at a tech company in San Jose once.My department consisted of me, my manager, and two other interns.

I was the only one who wasn't a tiny asian woman.When we finished a product cycle, we'd celebrate by going out to lunch on the company's dime.

They'd always take me to Dim Sum. The kind of place where I'm the only white devil and everyone speaks a language I don't know. The ladies had great fun in getting me to try everything. Which was awesome because dim sum is rad.

But I've tried some weird food thanks to those girls. The worst part is I have no idea what some of it was or what it's called.

Eutamias21:Nothing particularly weird. A peanut butter and American cheese sandwich on white bread is the only thing that comes to mind. It's good. Like those crackers you can get from vending machines.

My father used to eat those. And he'd put butter on the bread before applying peanut butter.

DGS:Eutamias21: Nothing particularly weird. A peanut butter and American cheese sandwich on white bread is the only thing that comes to mind. It's good. Like those crackers you can get from vending machines.

My father used to eat those. And he'd put butter on the bread before applying peanut butter.

I was an usher in a Filipino wedding and the father of the groom got us all balut as an appetizer. I graciously accepted the gesture and finished it. That was going on 17 years ago and I can still taste the damned thing at times. Ugh.

I've had steamed chicken feet multiple times at a local Dim-Sum place, they're delicious and actually one of my favorite items.

I've had pan-fried grasshoppers from a high-end Mexican restaurant, they didn't taste horrible, but they were still kind of mushy and I found the texture pretty off-putting.

Every type of organ meat imaginable: heart, lung, kidneys, liver, gizzards, intestines, stomach, brain, and tongue. Obviously they're going to vary from situation to situation, but most are pretty delicious when prepared correctly. Tripas tacos, made with fried small intestine, are a personal favorite.

I've always loved lutefisk. You don't eat it by itself, that would be foul.

Never tried balut, there was a Filipino woman that I used to work with that was going to bring it in for me to try but I didn't really push it too much. I mean I was mildly curious but not groveling for fetal beak curious.

I have not had nor would I eat monkey brains. I had a pork brain burrito in Chicago that about made me heave. It was way too rich, tasted like eggs with lard injected into them on the molecular level. Not good at all.

LlamaGirl:brap: I've always loved lutefisk. You don't eat it by itself, that would be foul.

I can send ya some if ya want.

I actually found a place in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn that carries it. It used to be the largest collection of Norwegians outside of Oslo. Their are still a lot of Lutheran churches and parks named after Leif Ericson and stuff but all the actual Norwegians moved on.

Also, I think shipping it would constitute some sort of act of biological warfare.

Nothing too unusual... I've had reindeer, whale, and puffin, and they were all great. I was really surprised by how good sea urchin is. Durian was okay, I guess. I have a tough time stomaching sweetbreads or calf's liver - they simply taste offal.